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Appearance and Sound, Like Reflection and Echo

I bow down here right at the feet of Marpa the Translator

It's clear the things that people say are just rumbling echoesSo, I don't let them get in the way of conduct of yogic pursuitsI've tossed away all those pretenses of trying to look goodSo, reputation, you can go— Ho, Ho —wherever you please

I've come to know that food and wealth are all illusoryI've tossed away all trying to lay my hands on things like theseWhatever it be that I haven't got — I am not yearning for thatSo, plentiful fortune, you can go — Ho, Ho — wherever you please

And knowing that retinue and servants are magical emanationsAll these scholars and students, arriving from everywhere aroundTrying to flatter and trying to court them, something I do not doSo, ladies and gentlemen, you are welcome to go — Ho, Ho — where you please

Seen from within the natural state which is equalityAttachment and aversion are just causes of sufferingI've cut the rope and I've tossed these tortured states of mind awaySo, family and acquaintances, you can go — Ho, Ho — where you please

Seen from within the dharmata, that's free of fabricationIt's fabricating all of your clinging that makes your own sufferingPerceived, perceiver — those iron chains — I've let them drop awaySo, craving state of mind, just go —Ho, Ho — wherever you please

And here, within the luminous light, the nature of mind itselfThe stains of thought, yes, these are not here anywhere to be seenI've tossed examination and analysis awaySo, terms that try to formulate mind, just go — Ho, Ho — where you please

Sung by Milarepa to Likor Charuwa, when he asked why Milarepa did not conform to prevailing social norms.